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Fighting puts Syria peace negotiations at risk

AFP

Jan 4, 2017

A dozen Syrian rebel factions have suspended talks on new peace
negotiations, accusing President Bashar al-Assad's regime of violating a
four-day-old ceasefire with attacks near Damascus that continued
Tuesday. The rebels' decision threatens the process sponsored by regime
ally Russia and rebel backer Turkey, which began with a truce and is
meant to lead to negotiations in the Kazakh capital Astana this month.
The ceasefire has brought quiet to large parts of the country but has
been undermined by sporadic violence, particularly fighting in the Wadi
Barada region north of Damascus that supplies the capital's water. Read More

Forced far from home, Syrians struggle to start over in Idlib

People
struggle to start new lives in increasingly crowded area * More Syrians
arrive in rebel-held Idlib * People struggle to start new lives in
increasingly crowded area * Islamist groups hold sway in area, Russians
keep up air strikes By Ellen Francis BEIRUT, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The day
he left the Damascus suburb of Daraya, Mohamad Abu Ammar took a photo in
the graveyard to remember relatives he would be leaving behind, not
knowing if he would ever return to his hometown. "I packed a keepsake
for each of my siblings and friends who were killed, to remember them,"
said Abu Ammar, an opposition activist who had worked on a town council
in the rebel-run area. "We went to the graveyard to say goodbye."

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Ivanka Trump Is Moving to Washington, D.C. – and She’ll Have the Obamas for Neighbors

Ivanka
Trump has made her upcoming move to Washington, D.C., official by
purchasing a mansion in the nation’s capital. As her father prepares to
move into the White House, Trump, her husband, Jared Kushner, and their
three children, Arabella, Joseph and Theodore, will be following him to
the nation’s capital. Washington Fine Properties agent William F.X.
Moody confirmed the move to The Washingtonian, telling the magazine that
Trump had finished off a deal for a 6 bedroom, $5.5 millon D.C. house.

People

Ronda Rousey's fighting future depends on making a big change

Nearly
two years ago, Ronda Rousey was in the midst of training for a bout
that many mixed martial arts experts thought would be difficult for her.
Coming off her second submission win over Miesha Tate, the 8-0 Rousey
was preparing for a women’s bantamweight title defense against Sara
McMann, an Olympic silver-medal winning wrestler, at UFC 170. When
Rousey streaked out of her corner and attacked McMann to try to get into
the clinch, where she could use her feared arm bar, she ate five or six
clean punches.

Yahoo Sports US

U.S. general sees Islamic State's capability waning in east Mosul

By
Stephen Kalin ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The declining effectiveness of
Islamic State attacks against Iraqi forces in eastern Mosul suggests the
militants are starting to run out of resources with the campaign in its
third month, a U.S. general told Reuters. Since the U.S.-backed
offensive began on Oct. 17, elite troops have retaken a quarter of the
city in the biggest ground operation in Iraq since the 2003 U.S.-led
invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The second phase of the campaign,
launched last week following nearly a month of deadlock, has pushed
Islamic State out of several more areas in eastern Mosul despite fierce
resistance.